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KNEU 1250Holiday gift giving combined with supporting local students doesn’t get any easier than visiting the greenhouse behind Uintah High School. Uintah School District shares that Uintah High School Agricultural Sciences students have beautiful poinsettias ready to go for the holiday season.
“If it seems like free money, or sounds too good to be true, it is.” Those are the words of Vernal City Assistant Police Chief Keith Campbell. Unfortunately, scammers do not take time off for the holidays and in many cases they amp up their efforts as they know people are more generous and trusting this time of year.
The Christmas season is filled with all kinds of memories. For those that have lost loved ones it can be quite a difficult time.
The congregation for the Vernal Christian Church is doing what they can to support the new pastor after he suffered a health crisis last month. On November 18th, Pastor Schaun Colin experienced a serious life-changing event when he went into Cardiac Arrest.
The DWR’s Regional Advisory Councils have several weighty changes they are considering to several rules and public feedback is requested. The Northeastern Utah RAC meeting will be held next week. The RAC meeting at the DWR office is scheduled for December 9th at 6:30pm.
Ashley Regional Medical Center has several reminders for the community. First, Ashley Regional is hosting a blood drive on December 8th and is asking for community support as giving blood is a life saving act of kindness. There are also other local blood drives happening this month and you can see them all to sign up for a spot at RedCrossBlood.org.
Local information about air quality is easy to come by thanks to the professionals at the USU Bingham Research Center. Dr. Seth Lyman announced on Wednesday that the program has begun for this winter and will continue through March 2022.
The Trees For Charity Auction Gala on Monday was a night to remember with a record breaking total of $310,300 dollars in donations. Many of the winning bidders put their trees back on the auction lot for resell, making for amazing cumulative results. ‘The Giving Tree’, Tree #17, was the top earner of the night at $20,500 dollars to benefit Duane Pannell in his battle with stage 4 cancer.
According to the DWR, over the recent years there has been an increased number of wildlife encounters due to Utah’s growing population and expansion and this includes in the Uintah Basin.
Uintah Basin Healthcare knows that home is where the heart is but also knows that it is the most common place where injuries occur.
The news has been well received that the SkyRider Wilderness Ranch in Duchesne County will become Utah’s first desert bighorn sheep nursery in Utah.
December is a great time to cozy up with a good book and the Roosevelt Branch of the Duchesne County Library System has a competition to reward the indulgence. The Winter Read-A-Thon runs from December 1st through January 31st and whoever reads the most in each group will be declared the winner.